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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3560

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3560 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

It was found that polkit could be tricked into bypassing the credential checks for D-Bus requests, elevating the privileges of the requestor to the root user. This flaw could be used by an unprivileged local attacker to, for example, create a new local administrator. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11policykit-10, 0, 0
Debian:13policykit-10, 0, 0
Debian:14policykit-10, 0, 0
Debian:12policykit-10, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Feb 16, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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